No doubt about it, Freycinet Vineyard on Tasmania's sunny East Coast makes crackerjack Rieslings. Claudio Radenti and Lindy Bull first started making them as straight varietal wines from 1998, the previous vintages having been white blends created with a dollop of Müller-Thurgau. Prior to returning home in 1992, the pair had worked in WA's Great...
Long-time supporters of Pressing Matters in the Coal River Valley might be somewhat surprised to see Chardonnay on the company's re-fashioned labels. The variety was part of the 3ha Morningside Vineyard – established in 1980 by the Bosworth family – acquired by the Melick and Hall families in 2019.
Well this is interesting. Domaine A founder Peter Althaus was no fan of Pinot Gris, but if he had been, this would be the kind of wine he would have created for his celebrated Lady A label. It too would be hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed and barrel-fermented. Unfined and unfiltered - and understood by too few. Price included.
Ossa Wines is the passion project of Rod and Cecile Roberts, who began their East Coast wine odyssey in 2017 with the purchase of their 600ha Belbrook property in the Wye River Valley, northwest of Swansea. The former chair and MD of leading agri-business Webster Ltd doesn't do things by halves. The vineyard's initial plantings - in 2018 - spanned...
Lauren and Matthias Utzinger currently have 5ha of young vines established on a hilltop overlooking the Tamar River/kanamaluka at Legana in the State's north. The north-east facing site greets the sun early in the morning and benefits from light reflected from the river nearby. Planting density is a labour-intensive 6,500 vines/ha. You've got to...
Dalrymple Vineyards founder Bertel Sundstrup spent a decade growing and making Pinot Noir in the Pipers River region before ownership of the property passed into the hands of Hill-Smith Family Estates in 2007. The good doctor - along with fellow founders Jill Mitchell and Anne Sundstrup - would be immensely proud of the great work being done there...
Broad Acres with its warm and welcoming Windows on Westella cafe is a relatively recent addition to the wine scene in North West Tasmania. The Broadby family planted their 2ha vineyard in 2016 as an adjunct to their renowned Tasmanian Pickled Onions business. Pinot and pickled onions make strange bedfellows. A more unorthodox start to wine...
Four Winds Vineyard and its cosy cellar door are just north of Huonville in the picturesque Huon Valley. Mild summers and chilly mornings late in the season provide great growing conditions for topnotch Tasmanian Chardonnay.
Freida Henskens and David Rankin and their eponymous wine brand emerged from the wine shadows in early 2019 when their first vintage of sparkling - the 2010 Vintage Brut - won gold and two trophies at the Tasmanian Wine Show. The wine had been eight years in the making and swept aside several vintage of Arras - including the EJ...
Laurel and Kerry Carland established Laurel Bank on their hilltop site at Granton - overlooking the River Derwent - in 1986. Quiet and self-effacing, former industrial chemist Kerry Carland is happiest in the vineyard he planted and prefers to let his wines speak for themselves.
